The American Iris Society
Announces
THE CLARENCE G. WHITE MEDAL
'BYZANTINE RUBY'
'Byzantine Ruby'--image by Lowell Baumuck
'Byzantine Ruby' (Lowell Baumunk, R. 2009). Standards and
style arms lavender lightly veined darker; Falls. lavender, slightly more red
than standards, 1½" bright maroon-red signal, darker near diffuse yellow
beards. Honorable Mention 2012. Award of Merit 2015.
Since 1993, the Clarence G. White memorial medal has been
awarded to the best arilbred iris with 1/2 or more aril ancestry. When Clarence G. White
began his work with aril irises, little was known about the complexity of iris
genetics. White assembled the largest collection of aril irises in the world,
and conducted thousands of breeding experiments to obtain viable, fertile seedlings.
One of his goals was to develop strong, pure Oncocylus hybrids.
The entire list of
winners can be found at http://irises.org/About_Irises/Awards_Surveys/AIS_Awards.html,
the AIS Encyclopedia and later in the AIS Bulletin, IRISES. Pictures can be
found at http://wiki.irises.org/Main/InfoAwards2018.
